How to Convert Industry & Ceramic Bearings

Make a hybrid bearing from a standard steel bearing assembly. Use the traditional bearing steel components with the inner and outer rings and add ceramic balls. Produce the ceramic balls for the bearings out of silicon nitride. Reduce the cost of a ceramic rings and balls in the bearings with this hybrid design.

Order replacement ceramic bearings based on the part number of the original steel bearings. Alternatively, use a hybrid that replaces the standard steel ball in the bearing with a ceramic ball made out of silicon nitride. Check that the replacement bearing use the exact size ceramic ball as the original steel ball.

Measure the lowered movement of the gyro-spin and an overall reduction of temperature at each speed level. This lower temperature results from a reduction in the mass that creates less friction and less skidding on the inner surface of the steel or ceramic ring. The ceramic ball mass will measure a reduction of 40 percent compared to the mass of the standard steel ball in an industry bearing.

Test the hybrid design on a prototype of the end application before replicating the hybrid ceramic and steel bearing, purchasing a massive quantity of supplies or mass producing the bearings. Produce or purchase bearings in mass quantity when possible. Plan for changes in advance technology that may make the bearing obsolete due to more functional and cost effective products.

Research new technology in ceramic ball manufacturing for various ceramic compounds. Compare non-hybrid steel bearing costs, with non-hybrid ceramic bearing costs and hybrid ceramic and steel bearings costs.